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Is your diesel consumption too high? Is the hydraulic fluid hotter than normal? Is cylinder, motor or steering motion uneven or erratic? These symptoms point to a problem at the valve bank, the priority valve, the pumps compensator or the load sense line.
Oilfield: Cementers, Blenders, Chem. Vans, N2 Trucks, Frac Pumps Civic: Plow/Spreader Trucks, Railway Track Maintenance Machines Construction and Mining: Backhoes, Excavators, Wheel Loaders, Graders, Scrapers, Dozers, Haul Trucks Farm - Agriculture: Tractors, Harvesters Forestry: Feller Bunchers, Harvesters, Log Loaders, Skidders Marine: Azipod Steering

Who should attend?

This course is for maintenance mechanics and technicians, and maintenance foremen/supervisors who are charged with the care of mobile equipment with load sensing hydraulic systems. Load sensing systems use pressure feedback from the loaded actuators to constantly modify and control the pumps displacement. The result is less wasted energy at the prime mover and greater flow accuracy within the system. These features along with priority valves and electronic proportional valves add complexity to the system. Adjustments and the Ten Step Troubleshooting Process are covered along with plenty of schematic reading practice specific to load sense systems. This two-day course is taught with circuit simulation software, oilfield and mobile machinery schematics and onscreen simulations, and through instructor guided hands-on study of individual cut-away hydraulic components.

Explain load sense or flow compensating principles Analyze load sense circuit schematics Adjust load sense pumps and set the stand-by pressure Identify priority valve features and ports Describe steering valve features Analyze common electronic proportional valves Troubleshoot common load sense system problems Work safely around hydraulic systems

HYDRAULIC THEORY
Objective: Explain the principles of hydraulics Activity: Predict fluid behaviour in various systems

The principles of hydraulics

JOYSTICKS AND PILOT CONTROLLERS

Objective: Analyze joystick and complete valve pilot networks Activity: Interpret schematics for logic conditions and pump flow allocations

Figure out when the pump flows are combined for functions and when they are separated. Knowing

what normal looks like, helps with troubleshooting.

LOADER RIDE CONTROL CIRCUITS

Objective: Analyze valve and ECM logic for ride control circuits Activity: Determine what speeds activate and deactivate ride control

Know how to analyze a weak or spongy boom lift circuit and where to look for the issue

LOAD SENSING SYSTEMS DESIGN

Objective: Analyse circuit components and their relationships Activity: Interpret symbols and component connections on typical systems

The components and their relationships,..symbols and schematics

LOAD SENSING DIRECTIONAL VALVES

Objective: Explain the features of common load sense proportional directional valves Activity: Interpret catalogue data to determine valve port, functions/features

Master electric/electronic-over-hydraulic valve piloting

LOAD SENSING (FLOW COMPENSATING) PUMPS

Objective: Identify pump compensator connections and functions Activity: Determine pump control response to various machine load scenarios

The compensator connections and functions,..the pump's response to 'load' conditions

MOBILE PRIORITY VALVES

Objective: Identify priority valve features and ports

Activity: Sketch a diagram that shows how to favor machine steering above all other functions

The priority valve watches for pressure drops that threaten steering and brakes. Find out how this works!

MOBILE STEERING VALVES

Objective: Explain steering valve servo functions Activity: Determine potential leakage paths through shock relief and anti-cavitation valves

Learn it cold! How the hand metering unit proportions a precise amount of fluid.

SPECIALIZED PRESSURE CONTROL VALVES

Objective: Analyze the function of combination pressure control valves Activity: Describe the responses of pressure controls and the signals to the pumps

Find out why standby pressure at idle may be higher than the load sense margin pressure

FLOW STABILIZING FUNCTION

Objective: Describe how load sense systems regulate flow Activity: Predict pump response to prime mover RPM variance

Find out how the system responds to fluctuating speeds at the prime mover

CIRCUIT TROUBLESHOOTING
Objective: List common faults and remedies in load sense circuits Activity: Diagnose faults on simulated systems and list the causes

Common faults and remedies in load sense circuits

SAFETY
Objective: List common hydraulic hazards and safe procedures Activity: Determine procedures for safe work on hydraulic systems

Procedures for safe work on hydraulic systems

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